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Security and Loss Prevention: 4th edition is a comprehensive text designed to provide security students and professionals alike with an introduction to loss prevention concepts and security programme implementation. This book emphasizes the strategies to prevent and reduce the incidence of crime, fire and accident. This updated edition includes contemporary information on changes in statistics, strategies, laws and technology in the security field.

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• About the Author(p. xvii)
• Preface(p. xix)
• Acknowledgments(p. xxiii)
• Part I Introduction to Security and Loss Prevention(p. 1)
• 1 The History of Security and Loss Prevention: A Critical Perspective(p. 3)
• Objectives(p. 3)
• Why Critical Thinking?(p. 3)
• How Can We Think Critically?(p. 4)
• Why Think Critically About the History of Security and Loss Prevention?(p. 5)
• Security and Loss Prevention Defined(p. 6)
• History(p. 7)
• Early Civilizations(p. 8)
• More Contemporary Times(p. 11)
• Case Problems(p. 21)
• Notes(p. 21)
• 2 The Business and Careers of Security and Loss Prevention(p. 23)
• Objectives(p. 23)
• What is the Extent of Losses?(p. 23)
• The Security Industry(p. 25)
• Careers: Loss Prevention Services and Specialists(p. 28)
• The Limitations of the Criminal Justice System: Implications for Loss Prevention Practitioners(p. 32)
• Challenges of the Security Industry(p. 32)
• Case Problems(p. 39)
• Notes(p. 41)
• Part II Reducing the Problem of Loss(p. 43)
• 3 Foundations of Security and Loss Prevention(p. 45)
• Objectives(p. 45)
• The Security and Loss Prevention Profession(p. 45)
• Methods for Protection Programs(p. 48)
• Evaluation of Loss Prevention Programs(p. 57)
• Standards(p. 60)
• Proprietary Security(p. 62)
• Case Problems(p. 66)
• Notes(p. 66)
• 4 Law(p. 69)
• Objectives(p. 69)
• Origins of Law(p. 69)
• Tort Law(p. 72)
• Premises Protection and Negligence(p. 73)
• Contract Law(p. 77)
• Administrative Law(p. 78)
• Criminal Justice Procedure(p. 80)
• Arrest Law(p. 83)
• Case Problems(p. 87)
• The Decision for "You Be the Judge"(p. 88)
• Notes(p. 88)
• 5 Internal and External Relations(p. 91)
• Objectives(p. 91)
• Internal and External Relations(p. 91)
• Internal Relations(p. 96)
• External Relations(p. 100)
• Special Problems(p. 103)
• Case Problems(p. 109)
• Notes(p. 110)
• 6 Applicant Screening and Employee Socialization(p. 113)
• Objectives(p. 113)
• Employment Law(p. 114)
• Screening Methods(p. 120)
• Employee Socialization(p. 128)
• Case Problems(p. 135)
• The Decision for "You Be the Judge"(p. 138)
• Notes(p. 139)
• 7 Internal Threats and Countermeasures(p. 141)
• Objectives(p. 141)
• Internal Theft(p. 143)
• Management Countermeasures(p. 149)
• Physical Security Countermeasures(p. 153)
• Case Problems(p. 184)
• Notes(p. 184)
• 8 External Threats and Countermeasures(p. 187)
• Objectives(p. 187)
• Methods of Unauthorized Entry(p. 188)
• Countermeasures(p. 189)
• Case Problems(p. 222)
• Notes(p. 223)
• 9 Services and Systems: Methods Toward Wise Purchasing Decisions(p. 225)
• Objectives(p. 225)
• The Dangers of Purchasing(p. 226)
• Purchasing Security Services(p. 227)
• Purchasing Security Systems(p. 232)
• Outsourcing(p. 234)
• Case Problem(p. 236)
• The Decision for "You Be the Judge"(p. 236)
• Notes(p. 236)
• 10 Investigations(p. 239)
• Objectives(p. 239)
• Types of Investigations(p. 240)
• Law(p. 246)
• Interviewing and Interrogation(p. 248)
• Information Sources(p. 252)
• Identity Theft(p. 255)
• Investigative Leads(p. 256)
• Surveillance(p. 258)
• Information Accuracy(p. 259)
• Report Writing(p. 260)
• Testimony(p. 261)
• Case Problems(p. 264)
• Notes(p. 264)
• 11 Accounting, Accountability, and Auditing: Keys to Survival(p. 267)
• Objectives(p. 267)
• Accounting(p. 268)
• Accountability(p. 270)
• Auditing(p. 276)
• Case Problems(p. 281)
• Notes(p. 281)
• 12 Fires and Other Disasters(p. 283)
• Objectives(p. 283)
• The Problem Posed by Fire(p. 283)
• Fire Prevention and Fire Suppression Strategies(p. 288)
• Other Disasters(p. 302)
• Case Problems(p. 310)
• Notes(p. 311)
• 13 Safety(p. 313)
• Objectives(p. 313)
• Accident Statistics and Costs(p. 313)
• History of Safety Legislation(p. 315)
• Safety Strategies(p. 325)
• Case Problems(p. 330)
• Notes(p. 330)
• 14 Risk Management and Insurance(p. 333)
• Objectives(p. 333)
• Risk Management(p. 333)
• Insurance(p. 337)
• Case Problem(p. 349)
• The Decision for "You be the Judge(p. 349)
• The Decision for "You be the Judge #2"(p. 349)
• Notes(p. 350)
• Part III Specialized Problems in Loss Prevention(p. 351)
• 15 Retail Loss Prevention(p. 353)
• Objectives(p. 353)
• Shrinkage(p. 353)
• Internal Loss Prevention Strategies(p. 355)
• Shoplifting(p. 366)
• Robbery and Burglary(p. 382)
• Shopping Mall Strategies(p. 386)
• Case Problems(p. 387)
• Notes(p. 387)
• 16 Loss Prevention at Select Facilities(p. 389)
• Objectives(p. 389)
• Computer Facilities(p. 389)
• Nuclear Facilities(p. 399)
• Department of Defense Required Security(p. 401)
• Case Problems(p. 404)
• Notes(p. 404)
• 17 Loss Prevention at Select Institutions(p. 407)
• Objectives(p. 407)
• Educational Institutions(p. 407)
• Healthcare Institutions(p. 416)
• Banks and Financial Institutions(p. 425)
• Government Institutions(p. 430)
• Case Problems(p. 432)
• Notes(p. 433)
• 18 Topics of Concern(p. 435)
• Objectives(p. 435)
• Protection of Sensitive Information(p. 435)
• Communications Security(p. 442)
• Terrorism(p. 448)
• Executive Protection(p. 457)
• Substance Abuse(p. 464)
• Workplace Violence(p. 470)
• Case Problems(p. 473)
• Notes(p. 474)
• 19 Your Future in Security and Loss Prevention(p. 477)
• Objectives(p. 477)
• Security and Loss Prevention in the Future(p. 477)
• Trends Affecting Security and Loss Prevention(p. 479)
• Education(p. 483)
• Employment(p. 485)
• Case Problems(p. 489)
• Notes(p. 490)
• Index(p. 491)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Philip P. Purpura has been a criminal justice educator for more than 20 years. He has directed criminal justice, security, and paralegal programs, and has practical experience as a security consultant, expert witness, security manager, corporate investigator, and police officer.
Philip P. Purpura, CPP, is a college educator, consultant, expert witness, and writer. He began his security career in New York City and held management and proprietary and contract investigative positions. He also worked with a public police agency. Mr. Purpura is the author of three other security textbooks: Retail Security and Shrinkage Protection (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993), Modern Security and Loss Prevention Management (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1989), and The Security Handbook (Delmar, 1991). He has also written Criminal Justice: An Introduction (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997), and numerous articles in journals, magazines, and newsletters. He served as a contributing editor to three security periodicals. Mr. Purpura holds bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice from the University of Dayton and Eastern Kentucky University, respectively. He also studied in several foreign countries. He serves on the American Society for Industrial Security Standing Committee on Academic Programs. Presently, he is Director of the Security Training Institute and Resource Center and coordinator of the Church Security Project in South Carolina.